Nell Branton Murray

Nell Branton Murray, 85, of 381 Starnes Cove Road, Asheville, went to be with Jesus on Wednesday, June 18, 2003. Mrs. Murray was born in Buncombe County and was married to the late James Reeves Murray. She was a daughter of the late Carroll and Rose Branton and was a member of State Street Baptist Church. She is survived by two daughters, Carolyn Williams of Candler and Judy Sluder of Boone; three sons, David Murray of Summerville, SC, Larry Murray of Yale, VA, and Roger Murray of Fletcher; fourteen grandchildren, twenty-two great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Friday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with the Revs. Terry Sprouse and J.B. Johnson officiating. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Her family will receive friends from 7 - 8:30 pm Thursday at the funeral home and at other times willbe at the home of Carolyn Williams, 381 Starnes Cove Road where Mrs. Murray had made her home for the past thirteen years. Mrs. Murray requested that memorials may be made to the State Street Baptist Church Building Fund, PO Box 6454, Asheville, NC 28816.